Diplomaten och politikern Jan Eliassons memoarer spänner över ett liv och en karriär som innehåller mer än de flesta andras. Från ett arbetarhem i Göteborg nådde han via en diplomatisk karriär i flera olika länder, som ambassadör och internationell medlare, posten som vice generalsekreterare i FN. Han har även hunnit med att vara Sveriges utrikesminister. I sin bok berättar han om sitt liv och sin imponerande yrkesbana.

The UN's record in peace operations is long, various, distinguished by both accomplishments and failures, and most importantly, innovative. Unfulfilled expectations and escalating violence in Somalia, Rwanda, and Bosnia forced retrenchment upon UN peace operations_but at the same time, a new opportunity to enhance capacities, review strategies, redefine roles, and reaffirm responsibilities has opened up. Here, a dynamic group of leading diplomats, academics, and journalists combines forces...

This book provides a broad overview of what peace research is all about by an author who has been involved in the field for more than half a century. Among other things it gives a unique review of how peace research emerged in Sweden as the author was a key actor in the most crucial events during this formative period. The book also portrays how the discipline has grown from an initial focus on “alternatives to war” to the comprehensive study of the many dimensions of a “lasting and positi...